Collections

Larry and I are both obsessed with our collections. He collects, records, books, auto parts, printed ephemera, guitars and more. I collect yarn, costume jewelry, Vera scarves, mid-century modern pottery, eyeglass frames, handbags, vintage knitting and crochet magazines and more yarn. When I saw that the L.A. Central Library was having an exhibit called "21 Collections: Every Object Has a Story," I was fascinated!

Here are the titles of various collections:

Paper Airplanes

Photographs of Men in Rows

Gay Bar Matchbooks

Straw Horses

Asphalt Museum

Birds Eggs and Nests

Scents

Pencil Collages

Doll Hats

Assemblage Furniture

A bench made from pop-top tabs by Clare Graham

Typewriters

Vintage typewriter from Tom Hanks' collection

Walnut Elephant

Prison Landscape Portraits

Bullfighting Collection

Faded Photographs Of

Candy Wrapper Museum

African American Museum of Miniatures

Envelope Linings

"A Crimson Grail" Music

"Happily Ever After" Stories

Slot Machine Music

Larry, photographing a collection of lit globes!

This exhibit is in the large Getty exhibit room on the second floor. It's always wonderful visiting the Downtown Public Library. In fact, I'm reading Susan Orlean's "The Library Book" right now! It's a beautiful building, chock full of incredible books and collections.

This exhibit continues through January 27th. Next time you're downtown, be sure to catch it. Who knows? You may already have the makings of a collection at your house worthy of public display!